9
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
May 15, 2017
Active Procedure
"If they pass the diagnostic injection with a 50% or more in pain reduction, they are randomised to receive either the active procedure or sham procedure.~Active: 4 X-ray guided intra-articular lumbar facet-joint injections via a spinal needle at 2 bilateral lumbar levels using 0.5ml bupivacaine + 20mg methylprednisolone per joint"
Sham procedure
"If they pass the diagnostic injection with a 50% or more in pain reduction, they are randomised to receive either the active procedure or sham procedure.~Sham: 4 X-ray guided peri-articular injections via a spinal needle at 2 bilateral lumbar levels using 0.5ml of 0.9% sodium chloride per joint."
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
Barts Health NHS Trust, London
National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
OTHER_GOV
Barts & The London NHS Trust
OTHER